This Week at St. Paul
Sunday, May 17th
8:00am & 10:30am – Worship/Communion (Central Site)
9:15am - Bible Class/Sunday School (Central Site)
9:15am – SPY Band (Central Site)
9:15am - Worship (Northwest Site)
10:15am – Bible Class (Northwest Site)
11:45am – Congregational Meeting (Central Site)-
4:00pm – Elders Meeting (Northwest Site??)
6:00pm – Spring Band Concert (Wesling Coaches Gym)
Monday, May 18th
9:30am - Monday Morning Bible Class (Central Site)
Tuesday, May 19th
St. Paul Band Tour - Freeport
9:00am – Piecemakers (Undercroft)
Wednesday, May 20th
7:00am – 8:15am – Men’s Devo & Prayer (Spring Garden-Loves Park)
8:20am – Chapel (Central Site)
6:30pm – “Something Different” (Northwest Site)
7:00pm – Ambassador Ministries
Thursday, May 21st
11:00am - Knitting Etc./Community Activity (Northwest Site)
5:30pm – St. Paul 8th Grade Banquet (Lino’s)
6:30pm – Church Council (Central Site)
Friday, May 22nd
NW Site Reserved – Accelerated Reading Party
Saturday, May 23rd
8:30am – 9:15am – Market Day Pick-up (Gym)
Sunday, May 24th
8:00am & 10:30am – Worship (Central Site)
9:15am - Bible Class/Sunday School (Central Site)
9:15am - Worship/Communion (Northwest Site)
10:15am – Bible Class (Northwest Site)
Serving in God’s House at Central Site Today:
Preacher: Pastor Thies
Ushers: 8:00am – Group 2 10:30am – Group 6
Elder: Aaron Temple
Serving in God’s House at Northwest Site Today:
Preacher: Pastor Thies Elder: Dennis Slagell
Prayer for the Day is a daily devotional ministry. To hear a devotion recorded by Pastor Thies, please call the special Prayer for the Day phone number (963-7641) and then dial 3 when the call is answered.
Generosity Moment - 1 John 5:12 “Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.” Jesus is the foundation, the bedrock, the beginning and the end. To have Him is to have it all. In Him we have life. And we are called to live in Him, to live this new life He has given us, to grow up into His image. This is a struggle in this sinful world! But His grace is sufficient as He refreshes us through Word and Sacrament so that we can even have confidence in His care when we regularly and generously give in our church offerings.
Today we recognize in our 10:30 service, the accomplishment of Graduation by our High School seniors of 2015. They are: Alysa B., Dari C. Taylor F., Zachary H., Jacob K., Max R., Daniel V, and Abigail W. Congratulations and God’s blessings in your future endeavors!
Special Congregational Meeting This Morning - Our Congregational Chairman, at the request of our Board of Parish Education, has called a Special Meeting for this morning at 11:45am or whenever the late service ends for the purpose of considering a teaching candidate or candidates for a call to teach at our school for the coming year. Please plan to attend and hear more on the individual(s) and register your vote as to whether to extent a call to these Synodically trained servants among us.
MONDAY BIBLE CLASS meets at a special time of 9:30am tomorrow for our last class before spring/summer break. We will have our planned brunch at this time as we continue our study of Isaiah.
New Series at SOMETHING DIFFERENT – Join us for our Wednesday night activity at 6:30pm at Northwest site with a devotional Bible Study led by Pastor Thies. This week we will begin a series of video lectures from Dr. Ken Ham of “Answers in Genesis.” Dr. Ham maintains that “Genesis is the foundation for all Christian doctrine and even the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Do you agree? Come discuss. The first video lection is “Is Genesis Relevant Today?” Come and try SOMETHING DIFFERENT!
Thanks to all who donated for your cinnamon rolls Sunday. Our youth received $252 in donations plus $60+ from parents who donated the fixins'. Thanks Lora Jackson, Jennifer Beck & Charae Thies who brought it all together.
ACOLYTE TRAINING will be moved to a later date than the planned date of Sunday, May 17th, due to the Special Congregational Meeting.
Central Site Altar Guild is looking for helpers! Please contact Karen Utech if you are interested! (815-229-6940).
The Board of Education is looking for someone willing to coordinate Vacation Bible School this year. If you can help with this, please call Wendy Kissick (815-262-7175) or the church office (815-963-5435).
Any day is an Open House at St. Paul Lutheran School. You may direct interested families to our Admission Counselor Team of Dyan Lofgren (ext. 215) and Sue Wilkinson (est. 210). They can be emailed at stpaulrockford@gmail.com or called at 815-965-3335.
Our Spring Band Concert is an event to celebrate 125 years of Christian education at St. Paul Lutheran School. Join us this evening, Sunday, May 17 at 6:00 PM in the Wesling Coaches' Gymnasium for this performance. We have invited back our band alumni to join us. Please talk to Mr. Volkert for more information.
St. Paul Ram Summer Band Camp – Registration is open for Ram Summer Band Camp 2015. Band Camp is held at the Northwest Site from 9:00am – Noon each day the week of June 15th. All are invited to the finale outdoor concert on Friday, June 19th at 7:30pm in the outdoor worship area. Band Camp is open to any student entering the 5th through 9th grades who have played their instrument for at least one school year from any school. Contact Mr. Volkert if you would like your child to participate (815-965-3335 ext. 217). You may also register and find full information at www.freewebs.com/bvolkert.
Many thanks to all our BoxTop and Soup Label Collectors! I will be sending in more BoxTops around May 27. Please bring all you have to the school office before then. Soup labels will be sent in after school gets out. See Liz Temple with questions. Thank you!
Little Lambs is now accepting applications for spring enrollment. Please call Katie Lopez at 815-965-3335, ext. 218.
